Bone mineral status and metabolism in patients with Williams-Beuren syndrome

Stefano Stagi, Cristina Manoni, Perla Scalini, Francesco Chiarelli, Alberto Verrotti, Cecilia Cecchi, Elisabetta Lapi, Sabrina Giglio, Silvia Romano, Maurizio de Martino

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate bone mineral status and metabolism in a cohort of patients with Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS). PATIENTS: Thirty-one children (15 females, 16 males; mean age 9.6±2.74 years) and 10 young adults (6 females, 4 males; mean age 21.4±5.11 years) with WBS were cross-sectionally evaluated and compared with two age-, sex-, and body-size-matched paediatric …